5.5

CVE-2022-49855: net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_pcie_read_bios_cfg

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49855DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49855
Published 01-05-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49855 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2023:6583

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_pcie_read_bios_cfg ipc_pcie_read_bios_cfg() is using the acpi_evaluate_dsm() to obtain the wwan power state configuration from BIOS but is not freeing the acpi_object. The acpi_evaluate_dsm() returned acpi_object to be freed. Free the acpi_object after use.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu96 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-67.74
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1031.35
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 7e98d785ae6184c7580a33619dae8b651769ff08, < 13b1ea861e8aeb701bcfbfe436b943efa2d44029 | ≥ 7e98d785ae6184c7580a33619dae8b651769ff08, < 7560ceef4d2832a67e8781d924e129c7f542376f | ≥ 7e98d785ae6184c7580a33619dae8b651769ff08, < d38a648d2d6cc7bee11c6f533ff9426a00c2a74c | 5.14
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.14, < 5.15.79 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.9 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3 | 6.1:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.10-1

3 vendors · 99 products

References

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